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Before Auction day: Make sure you really want this property. Once the hammer goes down, you will be entering into a binding contract with no cooling off period. Even if the property passes in and you buy on the same day as the auction, you will not get the benefit of a cooling off period.…

Claire Martin and Dr Simon Blount collaborated on an eConveyancing article for the October issue of the Law Society Journal. Article in a snapshot The legality of the electronically created and registered interest is the product of the law’s indifference to contractual form and the express legislative intent of the Electronic Conveyancing National Law. The…

Terraced houses are multiple mirror-image houses that share internal walls with each other. They are also known as town houses or row houses. They provide Torrens Title in higher density housing areas. They were very popular across working class and industrial areas of Sydney in the late 1800’s. Today they can still be seen in…

What is a Caveat? Caveats serve as a very powerful and useful tool to use as a means of protecting a person or entity’s interest in land. However they must be used correctly and only when a Caveatable Interest exists. It acts as a formal and written warning that there is an existing interest in…

With 1 July 2017 and the start of the New Financial Year, the NSW State Government rolled out changes to the First Home Owners benefits that are available. For first home buyers, the 2017 comprehensive package will: abolish stamp duty on all homes up to $650,000, previous exemptions were only for new homes. This will…